Chris
Brandenberger is in his second season as assitant men's and women's swimming and diving coach.
Brandenberger
joins the Iona College community after spending the past two seasons as
assistant swimming coach at Washington College in Chestertown, MD. He
brings Division I experience to Iona as he competed as a four-year
varsity letter winner at the University of Maryland from 2002 to 2006.
Brandenberger was named to the First Team All-ACC in 2004 and an ACC
Finalist from 2002 to 2005. He is the school record-holder in the 800
freestyle relay. He was a two-time team captain as voted by his
teammates and coaches for strong commitment to teamwork and leadership.
He received the Dave Diehl Dedication Award Recipient in 2004, which
was voted by the coaching staff for most dedicated member of the team.
He received his BA in English Language and Literature from Maryland in
2006.
Some of his prior coaching experience includes serving as
Volunteer Assistant Swim Coach at Maryland while completing his
undergraduate degree. He also coached over 100 swimmers on the North
Creek Neptunes summer league team, ages 5-18 and coached YMCA Regional
and National qualifiers on the senior team at the Upper Montgomery
County YMCA.
